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Me and my brother Sami (right). Sami is saluting. Lucky for us he didn’t join any army.

The four of us

The goat outfit. I am told it was very difficult to get me to pose for this photo, and that payment (candy) had to be provided in [...]

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Why is this the best time of the year ? Is it because it’s Eid-al-adha ? Well, the official definition says we’re to celebrate Eid Al-Adha because Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son to affirm the strength of his faith in God. Some of the Muslim, Jews, and Christians I know are willing to [...]

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I was scheduling a conference call with a customer, and if memory serves, the conversation went something like this:
Customer: I’m sorry, was your name Honey? (heavy southern accent)
Hani: Hani, it’s like Danny but with an H.
Customer: Alright Hahny, so what time-zone are you on ?
Hani: I’m on GMT+2. It’s 5:30PM.
Customer: Where are you located?
Hani: I’m [...]

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Have you ever needed to express yourself, but couldn’t find the right word ?
Did you then try to find it, but fail miserably?
What then ?
Did you give up ?
What if you could invent new words ?
Why am I whatifing ? (what + if + ing)
Aren’t we already creating words ? (Blog + Sphere [...]

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A lot of new laptops come with fingerprint readers. They let you authenticate without a password not only to logon to your machine, but also to websites like gmail, hotmail, etc… My sister Mona got such a laptop, a Sony Vaio, and I was setting it up for her.
Hani: See the picture with the 10 [...]

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